2014–15 New Jersey Devils season
The 2014–15 New Jersey Devils season was the 41st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was established on June 11, 1974, and 33rd season since the franchise relocated from Colorado following the 1981–82 NHL season. The Devils missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
Standings
Suspensions/fines
Schedule and results
Pre-season
Regular season
Player statistics
Final stats;Skaters
| Player | ||||||
| 75 | 16 | 27 | 43 | −6 | 34 | |
| 68 | 27 | 15 | 42 | 2 | 28 | |
| 69 | 13 | 21 | 34 | −20 | 12 | |
| 58 | 7 | 27 | 34 | −10 | 23 | |
| 67 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 2 | 28 | |
| ‡ | 57 | 11 | 18 | 29 | −10 | 42 |
| 74 | 11 | 14 | 25 | −3 | 29 | |
| 64 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 2 | 34 | |
| ‡ | 63 | 4 | 19 | 23 | −7 | 42 |
| 82 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 1 | 20 | |
| 47 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −1 | 30 | |
| 61 | 6 | 13 | 19 | −2 | 42 | |
| 51 | 5 | 12 | 17 | −13 | 22 | |
| 68 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 72 | |
| 40 | 5 | 9 | 14 | −11 | 10 | |
| 66 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −14 | 24 | |
| 77 | 7 | 6 | 13 | −3 | 28 | |
| 61 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 12 | |
| 62 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 24 | |
| 74 | 4 | 6 | 10 | −9 | 42 | |
| ‡ | 17 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −1 | 8 |
| 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −10 | 4 | |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 34 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 55 | |
| 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −5 | 20 | |
| 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | −1 | 33 | |
| 22 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −4 | 0 | |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
;Goaltenders
| Player | ||||||||||||||
| 69 | 68 | 3924 | 26 | 31 | 9 | 148 | 2.26 | 1982 | 0.925 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | 13 | 925 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 2.59 | 469 | 0.915 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4.71 | 54 | 0.852 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Devils. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
‡Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Devils only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.
Notable achievements
Awards
| Player | Award | Awarded |
| NHL All-Star game selection | January 10, 2015 |
Milestones
| Player | Milestone | Reached |
| 1st career NHL game | October 9, 2014 | |
| D. Severson | 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | October 11, 2014 |
| 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 6, 2014 | |
| 1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point | November 11, 2014 | |
| 10,000 career NHL minutes | November 22, 2014 | |
| 500th career NHL game | November 28, 2014 | |
| 300th career NHL assist | December 4, 2014 | |
| 1,500th career NHL game | December 8, 2014 | |
| 200th career NHL point | December 13, 2014 | |
| 1st career NHL win | December 19, 2014 | |
| 1,000th career NHL game | December 27, 2014 | |
| 10,000 career NHL minutes | December 29, 2014 | |
| 1,200th career NHL game | December 31, 2014 | |
| 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point | December 31, 2014 | |
| 600th career NHL assist 1,000th career NHL point | January 6, 2015 | |
| 700th career NHL game | January 8, 2015 | |
| 800th career NHL game | January 16, 2015 | |
| 100th career NHL game | January 16, 2015 | |
| P. Elias | 400th career NHL goal | February 6, 2015 |
Transactions
The Devils have been involved in the following transactions during the 2014–15 season.Trades
Free agents acquired
Free agents lost
Claimed via waivers
Lost via waivers
Players released
Player signings
Lost via retirement
Draft picks
Below are the New Jersey Devils' selections made at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft, held on June 27–28, 2014, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The team finished the previous season ranked 20th in the league, but were relegated to select 30th overall for attempting to circumvent the salary cap in 2010.| Round | # | Player | Pos | Nationality | College/junior/club team |
| 1 | 30 | John Quenneville | C | Brandon Wheat Kings | |
| 2 | 41 | Joshua Jacobs | D | Indiana Ice | |
| 3 | 71 | Connor Chatham | RW | Plymouth Whalers | |
| 5 | 131 | Ryan Rehill | D | Kamloops Blazers | |
| 6 | 152 | Joey Dudek | C | Kimball Union Academy | |
| 6 | 161 | Brandon Baddock | LW | Edmonton Oil Kings |
;Draft notes
- New Jersey will pick 30th overall in the first round. The Devils were expected to forfeit their first-round pick in 2014 as the result of a penalty sanction due to cap circumvention when signing Ilya Kovalchuk. The penalty also included a fine of $3 million and the forfeit of the Devils' third round pick in 2011. The NHL partially rescinded the penalty keeping all of the penalties, except for modifying the first-round pick and reducing the fine to $1.5 million.
- New Jersey's fourth-round pick will go to the Winnipeg Jets as the result of a trade on February 13, 2013, that sent Alexei Ponikarovsky to New Jersey in exchange for a seventh-round pick in 2013 and this pick.
- The Florida Panthers' sixth-round pick will go to New Jersey as the result of a trade on September 28, 2013, that sent Krys Barch and St. Louis' seventh-round pick in 2015 to Florida in exchange for Scott Timmins and this pick.
- New Jersey's seventh-round pick will go to Arizona as the result of a trade on April 3, 2013, that sent Steve Sullivan to New Jersey in exchange for this pick.